1. The Black Death

2. The Culprits

3. The Famine of
By 1300 Europeans were farming almost all the land they could cultivate.
Climate changes in Europe produced three years of crop failures between
One consequence of starvation & poverty was susceptibility to disease.

4. The Bubonic Plague
The Bubonic Plague began as a small disease that turned into an epidemic
A widespread infectious disease
Due to famine, lack of sanitation throughout Europe, infected travelers, and poor knowledge of medicine, the plague spread throughout Europe quickly
Travelers would catch the disease and spread it to other countries

5. 1347: the Plague reaches Constantinople

6. The Symptoms Bulbous Septicemic form
Large bumps that appeared on the groin and armpits
Septicemic form
Almost 100% mortality rate

8. Lancing a buboe

9. Jani Beg
Mongolian Khan who used infected corpses as ammunition for catapults on raids of European cities

10. Disease Cycle Flea drinks the rats blood that carries the bacteria
Bacteria multiples in the fleas gut
Flea’s gut clogged with bacteria
Flea bites the human and regurgitates bacteria into the human blood stream
Human is infected with the disease

11. Medieval Art and the Plague

12. Art had an obsession with death

14. Attempts to stop the plague
Doctors wore bird-like masks and trench coats to protect themselves from the plague
Used “leeching” to remove toxins from the bloodstream
Massacre of Jews

15. Flagellanti

16. Apocalypse

17. The Church
The Church was unable to explain why so many people were dying
Europeans believed the world was coming to an end
Others looks for ways to end the plague

18. Mortality Rate
35-70% of Europe’s population was killed due to the Bubonic Plague
25,000,000 dead